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. UNITE STATES PATEN OF CE. J

.CARLETONELLIS, or MONTCLAIR,

NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR' To CHADELOID CHEMICAL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. A CORPORATION OF'WES T VIRGINIA.

FINISH-REMOVER;

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLEToN ELLIS, a citizen of the'United States, and resident of Montclair, Essex county, New Jersey, have made a certain new and useful Invention Relating to Finish-Removers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates especially to'finish removers comprising alkali phenates which may be incorporated in strong aq'ueoussolutions' with volatile organic, finish solvents with many of which they are 'miscible throughout considerable'ranges, cheap and effective removers being secured in this way which may, if desired, be given non-inflammable properties. 1

The undesirable acid properties of carbolic and cresylic acids and similar phenolic material maybe completely neutralized bycombining them with suitable alkali mate-- rial such as caustic soda or potash to form the corresponding alkali phenates which are salts usually having more or less alkaline reaction. Strong aqueous'solutions of suchphenates have energetic removing action on many paints and other finishes and also have the property of being miscible throughout a 'considerablerange of proportions Wltll benzol, 'toluol and other water immiscible penetrating solvents, other finish solvents being added as desired, those of a substantially water immiscible character being pref-v erable for some purposes; and it is of course understood that the incorporation of waxy and other evaporation retarding. material minimizes evaporation of the volatile sol- Vents employed and may also exert a desirable stilfening action on the compositions. In making up such compositions the alkali phenates maybe, first prepared and then dis--.

solved 'iuwater to give forty or fifty per.

cent. or so solutions or if desired,- the carbolic or cresylic acid or other phenolic material maybe first combined with the 'solvents to form a miscible solution therewith and then the desired amount of strong aqueous solution of caustic potash or soda added and thoroughly incorporated to eflect 'the conversion of the phenolic material to the desired extent. may be prepared in this way without the necessity of using chlorinated solvents and for this purpose the organic finish solvents should preferably be those having the higher boiling'and flash points such as coal nability. Terpineol, oil of camphor,

Non-inflammable removers from coal tar as usually prepared, have a' specific gravity of .875 and a flash point of about eighty degrees Fahrenheit 'ormore, and consisting of. xylol, cumol and mesitytar solvent naphtha, ;the third distillate- Specification of'Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 8, 19 11. I Application filed December 20, 1910. serial 110,598,898.

lene, about ninety per cent. distilling oil at one hundred and-sixty degreescentigrade.

Another desirable {penetrating finish S0l-.'

vent, that is, s'olvent material having generally benzolic character or action 'in removers and so forth, '1s pme 011 or the commercial grades of xylol andtoluol which maybe used although of somewhat greater. inflamturpentine, turpentine, and tar 011 may also be used as well as chlorinated solvents in some cases such as carbontetrachlorid dichlorhydrin, epichlorhydrin, chlorbenzol, pentachlorethylene, trichlorethylene, etc;

The loosening solvent material, that is,

solvents of a generally-alcoholic character Wood or action in removers should preferably be of a rather water immiscible character where considerable aqueous mater al 1s present in the'remover,-'benzyl, allyl and 'amyl alcohols being desirable for this reason, although thelighter alcohols such as methyl','ethyl, propyl, butyl preferably in their commercial forms such as denatured alcohol, may be used in some cases and the allied -ketonic loosening solvents such as methylethyl ketone,

ethylbutyl ketone, acetone, oil'of acetone, methyl acetone and their condensation derivativ'es, and the generally allied esteric solvents such as the acetates, phenates and other similar compounds of these loosening solvents.

v For ordinary service conditions it is desirable to incorporate suitable stifit'ening material with the composite solvent forming the great bulk of the remover and the efiective film forming action and evaporation retard- 'material such as soda or potash resin soaps for example are desirable in some cases. It.

is also desirable under some conditions to use such blending agents as red oilor oleic acid or the sulfonated oils such as Turkey red oil or sulfonated castor oil which minimize any separating tendency of the remover components and promote the homoish remover 'comprising substantially 40 character may be prepared by mixing 4:0 6 parts by volume of a fifty per cent. aqueous solution of potassium cresylate with 20 parts of solvent naphtha in which 2 arts of ceresin had been dissolved and t en incorporating 10 parts of pine oil and 20 parts of benzyl alcohol and 5 parts of Turkey red oil so as to produce a homogeneous remover having remarkable non-inflammable properties. Another non-inflammable remover of this character giving good results on varnish finishes, may be produced by incorporating 60 parts of a forty per cent. aqueous solution of potassium cresylate in 15 parts of solvent naphtha containing 3 parts of dissolved paraifin, 10 parts of 'pine oil, parts of benzyl alcohol and 3 parts of Turkey red oil or concentrated sulfonated castor oil. Another remover maybe pre pared by incorporating 10 parts of a fifty per cent. aqueous solution of sodium carolate, 10 parts of benzol containing one part of dissolved paraifin with parts of methyl acetone. Another remover may be ,made by suitably incorporating 13 parts of benzol and2 parts of pine oil containing 3' parts of Japan wax and 4 parts of rosin with 70 parts of methyl acetone and 4. parts of red oil, 2 parts of a fifty per cent. caustic potash and 20 parts of water. Another remover may comprise parts of benzol and 50 parts of pine oil containing 2 parts of dissolved parafiin and 10 parts of rosin, 50 parts of cresylic aoid,10 parts of oleic acid or of Turkey red oil and 10 parts of a fifty per centcaustic potash solution. Another remover may comprise 10 parts of benzol containing one part of dissolved ceresin, 10 parts of cresylic acid, 3 parts of chlorcresol, 3 or 4. parts of a fifty per cent. solution of caustic potash and sufiicient water to make 30 parts. Another remover may comprise 20 dissolved paraffin, 20 parts of cresylic acid, 6 parts of a fiftyper cent. solution of caustic potash and sufficient water to make parts.

This invention has been described in connection with a number of illustrative ingredients, formulas, pro ortions and processes, to the details of w ich disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited.

What is claimed is: 1. The non -inflammable finish remover comprising substantially 40 parts of a fifty per cent. aqueous solution of potassium cresylate, 20" parts of solvent naphtha in which 2 parts of ceresin have been dissolved, 10 parts of pine oil, 20 parts of benzylalcohol and 5 parts of Turkey red oil. i' f 2. The substantially noninfia mmable finparts of benzol containing one part of.

parts of a fifty per cent. solution of potassium phenate, 20 parts of solvent naphtha in which waxy stifiening material has been dissolved, 10 parts of pine oil, 20 parts of benzyl alcohol and incorporated blending material.

3. The substantially non-inflammable-finish remover comprising substantially 40 parts of a strong aqueous solution of alkali phenate, 30 parts of penetrating finish solvent, 20 parts of substantially water immiscible alcoholic solvent and waxy and blending material.

4. The substantially non-inflammable finish remover comprising a large proportion of a strong aqueous solution of alkali'phe- 1 nate, a substantially similar amount of penetratingfinish solvent material, alcoholic finish solvent material and incorporated waxy stiffening material. l

5. The substantially non-inflammable finish remover comprising a large proportion of a strong aqueous solution of alkali phenate, penetrating finish solvent material comprising solvent naphtha, substantially Water immiscible loosening finish solvent material and incorporated stiffening material.

6. The finish remover comprising'a strong aqueous solution of alkali phenate, penetrating 'and loosening finish solvent ma- ]terial miscible with said aqueous solution and incorporated stifi'ening material.

7 The finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of a strong aqueous solution of alkali phenate, miscible organic finish solvent material and incorporated stifiening material.

8. The finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of an aqueous solution of alkali phenate, miscible composite substantially .water immiscible organic finish I solvent material and stifiening material.

'9. The finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of an aqueous solution of alkali phenate, blending material and miscible composite organic finish solvent material.

10. The finish remover comprising an aqueous solution of alkaliv cresylate, blending material and miscible organic finish solvent material comprising penetrating finish solvent material. i

11. The fin1sh remover comprlsing a con- I siderable proportion of 'astrong aqueous solution of alkali cresylate and miscible composite volatile organic finish solvent material comprising water immiscible solvent.

12. The finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of a strong aqueous solution of alkali phenate, miscible volatile organic finish solvent material and incorporatedwaxy stiffening material.

'13. The substantially homogeneous fluent finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of a strong aqueous solution of potassium cresylate and miscible composite organic finish solvent material comprisingv dissolved wax and substantially Water immiscible penetrating finish solvent.

14. The substantially homogeneousfluent finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of an aqueous solution of alkali cresylate and miscible composite volatile orgame finish solvent material comprising penetrating finish solvent and incorporated mineral Wax.

15. The substantially homogeneous fluent finish remover comprising a considerable proportion of a strong solution of potasfinish remover comprising a considerable proportion of a solution of alkali phenate and miscible composite volatile organic finish material comprising penetrating finish solvent and incorporated mineral wax.

OARLETON ELLIS.

Witnesses:

HARRY L. DUNCAN, JESSIE B. KAY. 

